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Director:
Writer:
Warwick Thornton (written by)
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Release Date:
7 May 2009 (Australia) more
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Tagline:
True Love.
Plot:
Samson and Delilah's world is small- an isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy... more | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins more
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(15 articles)
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Excellent Film - watch it if you get the chance more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Rowan McNamara ... Samson
Marissa Gibson ... Delilah
Mitjili Napanangka Gibson ... Nana (as Mitjili Gibson)
Scott Thornton ... Gonzo
Matthew Gibson ... Samson's Brother / Verandah Band (as Matthew 'MG' Gibson)
Peter Bartlett ... Store Manager
Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa ... Community Lady (as Noreen Robertson)
Kenrick Martin ... Wheelchair Boy (as Kenrick 'Ricco' Martin)
Fiona Gibson ... Payback Aunty
Morgaine Wallace ... Checkout Lady
Tony 'Brownie' Brown ... Security Guard
Patricia Shelper ... Art Store Lady
Rona McDonald ... Teenage Girl
Jessica Sanderson ... Teenage Girl
Dylan McDonald ... Abductor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Samson & Delilah (Australia)
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Runtime:
Australia:101 min | Australia:100 min
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Australia's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010. more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Excellent Film - watch it if you get the chance, 22 November 2009
8/10
Author: TrevorHickman from United Kingdom

A really good film showing the grim realities of Aboriginal life through the 'love-story' of Samson and Delilah.

What really impressed me with the film was the fact that both lead roles were played by amateurs. Both played their characters incredibly and (hopefully) have long and successful acting careers ahead of them.

Sure, there was little dialogue between them (Samson only says one word in the whole film) but to be honest as the film went on I grew to like this. Yes, you could argue that more dialogue would have developed their characters more, but by the end I had become comfortable with it and was glad that the director had taken this approach.

The cinematography is superb and the topic both harrowing and sad.

I scored the film an 8 because the last 10 minutes is basically romantic nonsense. Really the film should have finished at the car accident, but after a film that had so little light and positiveness then I can understand that it needed the solace that the 'romantic' ending gave it.

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